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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is
5amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 95/7)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4607)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
8    Sec. 7. Supervision requirements.
9    (a) No more than 2 physician assistants shall be supervised
10by the supervising physician, although a physician assistant
11shall be able to hold more than one professional position. Each
12supervising physician shall file a notice of supervision of
13such physician assistant according to the rules of the
14Department. However, the alternate supervising physician may
15supervise more than 2 physician assistants when the supervising
16physician is unable to provide such supervision consistent with
17the definition of alternate physician in Section 4. It is the
18responsibility of the supervising physician to maintain
19documentation each time he or she has designated an alternative
20supervising physician. This documentation shall include the
21date alternate supervisory control began, the date alternate
22supervisory control ended, and any other changes. A supervising
23physician shall provide a copy of this documentation to the

 

 

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1Department, upon request.
2    Physician assistants shall be supervised only by
3physicians as defined in this Act who are engaged in clinical
4practice, or in clinical practice in public health or other
5community health facilities.
6    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
7delegation of tasks or duties by a physician to a nurse or
8other appropriately trained personnel.
9    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the
10employment of physician assistants by a hospital, nursing home
11or other health care facility where such physician assistants
12function under the supervision of a supervising physician.
13    Physician assistants may be employed by the Department of
14Corrections or the Department of Human Services (as successor
15to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
16Disabilities) for service in facilities maintained by such
17Departments and affiliated training facilities in programs
18conducted under the authority of the Director of Corrections or
19the Secretary of Human Services. Each physician assistant
20employed by the Department of Corrections or the Department of
21Human Services (as successor to the Department of Mental Health
22and Developmental Disabilities) shall be under the supervision
23of a physician engaged in clinical practice and direct patient
24care. Duties of each physician assistant employed by such
25Departments are limited to those within the scope of practice
26of the supervising physician who is fully responsible for all

 

 

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1physician assistant activities.
2    A physician assistant may be employed by a practice group
3or other entity employing multiple physicians at one or more
4locations. In that case, one of the physicians practicing at a
5location shall be designated the supervising physician. The
6other physicians with that practice group or other entity who
7practice in the same general type of practice or specialty as
8the supervising physician may supervise the physician
9assistant with respect to their patients without being deemed
10alternate supervising physicians for the purpose of this Act.
11    (b) A physician assistant licensed in this State, or
12licensed or authorized to practice in any other U.S.
13jurisdiction or credentialed by his or her federal employer as
14a physician assistant, who is responding to a need for medical
15care created by an emergency or by a state or local disaster
16may render such care that the physician assistant is able to
17provide without supervision as it is defined in this Section or
18with such supervision as is available. For purposes of this
19Section, an "emergency situation" shall not include one that
20occurs in the place of one's employment.
21    Any physician who supervises a physician assistant
22providing medical care in response to such an emergency or
23state or local disaster shall not be required to meet the
24requirements set forth in this Section for a supervising
25physician.
26(Source: P.A. 95-703, eff. 12-31-07; 96-70, eff. 7-23-09.)
 

 

 

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1    (225 ILCS 95/8 rep.)
2    Section 10. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is
3amended by repealing Section 8.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.